Partial purification and characterization of nuclear ribonuclease P from wheat

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 635-645

  Arends, Sabine ^a   Schön, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enzyme purification; Nuclear ribonuclease P; pre tRNA processing; Substrate specificity; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE P;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT GERM;

EUKARYOTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031040698     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00635.x     Document Type: Article

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